The alphabetic song index (A to L and M to Z) have been updated and the lists now reflect all the Sahir songs I have been able track down with the help of some very enthusiastic friends and well-wishers.

The song by movie index is also updated and lists all the movies with the songs written by Sahir. Movies with songs by other lyricists are identified with ***.

Song : badal rahii hai zindagiiMovie : Azadi Ki Raah ParSinger : B. S. NanjiMusic : G. D. KapoorNote: This was the first movie song written by Sahir. Thanks to Qaseem Abbasi for providing the lyrics. I have not been able to trace a video of the song.

Film and song stats have been updated based on the completion of song and movie inventory. Here are some of the updated numbers:

Number of movies: 121, including one Punjabi, two Pakistani and two unreleased movies. Number of songs: 733 songs

I am grateful to Qaseem Abbasi for providing the information about the Pakistani movies.

The Film and Song primary pages have been updated. Added a few tables on these pages for better presentation.

A new table on the Songs page has been added showing the breakdown of songs by singer. Asha Bhonsle leads with 223 songs (solos, duets, group songs combined) followed by Mohd. Rafi (188 songs) and Lata Mangeshkar (160 songs) .

Now begins the work on the film and song list updates, to be followed by the song lyrics.

Sahir's work in the 70s may not have been as prolific as the 50s or 60s but the songs he gave us are still with us and the lyrics were as distinctive as the ones from the older movies. Here is Sahir in the 1973 movie Joshila with a very popular Kishore Kumar song: